Really appreciate this article by @ExistWell (David Yaden) from @JHPsychedelics and Brian Earp @briandavidearp @UniofOxford Culture, Context, and Community in Contemporary Psychedelic Research researchgate.net/profile/David-…
“key theme in this literature is the need to be mindful of..1/ “potential power asymmetries and competing interests between researchers and (other) com- munity members whose lives and experiences are made the subject of research.” 2/

For those interested in #cannabis #pharmacology review: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… “in this short review we tried to shed light on the potential drug interactions of medicinal cannabis” 1/4 @division_55 “potential outcome of a drug interaction can be additive (1 + 1 = 2), synergistic (1 + 1 > 2), or antagonistic (1 + 1 < 2). Therefore, a drug interaction may lead to an enhanced drug response or modified or unexpected adverse reactions” 2/4

psychedelicinsights.com/blog/
The Top 10 Psilocybin Research Papers of 2020
- FS Barrett, MK Doss, ND Sepeda, et al. – Emotions and brain function are altered up to one month after a single high dose of psilocybin. @FredBarrettPhD 1/10 SB Goldberg, BT Pace, CR Nicholas, et al. – The experimental effects of psilocybin on symptoms of anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis. “meta-analysis of studies using psilocybin along with behavioral interventions to treat elevated symptoms of anxiety and depression.” 2/10

Fascinating @JAMANetworkOpen article on #schizophrenia treatments .. limits of #pharmacotherapy and benefits of added #psychosocial treatments. Here’s a snippet with eye towards how this relates to treating other mental health conditions. 1/4 @division_55
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… “Among responders (to meds), some are able to function independently, others remain disabled despite control of their psychotic symptoms...residual disability attributed to negative symptoms and cognitive deficits, which are less responsive than psychosis to drug treatments.” 2/4

I got a degree in Clinical Psychopharmacology after getting my license to practice as a Doctor of Psychology because I started working w/older adults who struggled emotionally AND were prescribed a TON of meds. Something wasn’t right. I had to know more. @division_55 1/7 Not only did i learn basic clinical medicine, pathophysiology, review of systems, lab workups, etc.. but also learned about effects of drug-drug, drug-disease interactions on mood, mind, behaviors, and stress. One tool i still find useful is the #BeersCriteria (not etoh..lol) 2/7

Gonna highlight some of this article in a thread. Thank you @headdock et al. This is a must read for those interested in drug death crisis. #polypharmacy and #polydrug is the problem #notjustopioids
dovepress.com/the-polysubsta… @apadivision50 @division_55 @APADiv28
1/5 “It is time to take the blinders off. It is time for everyone – clinicians, legislators, insurers, media, family members, and all others, including the general public – to recognize the complexities of the issues surrounding the crisis of polysubstance overdose deaths.” 2/5

#gratitude thread 1/12
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” Voltaire
#grateful for classics @CIIS_SF #gratitude thread 2/12
“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” Vietnamese Proverb @BreneBrown
@grateful for cultures

“Of potential harms of getting distracted by a more progressive model of mental healthcare by polarized ideas is that it could prevent people from seeking care that they may want, or invalidate experiences of people who have been helped by psychiatry” vice.com/en_us/article/… 1/4 @jonathanstea @JonathanShedler @AllenFrancesMD @VICENews “By claiming that mental illness doesn't exist at all, anti-psychiatry could also lead us astray from much-needed reform within psychiatry, precisely because it seeks not to improve psychiatry, but to tear it down.” 2/4

#medtwitter #psychtwitter friends and less than friendly, please stop playing turf wars with scope of practice issues. Now is the time to collaborate NOT create more conflict. @CatoInstitute cato.org/blog/health-ca… @division_55 @APADiv19 @APA 1/5 "For decades state legislators have witnessed turf battles among various health care professions. Nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants, for example, seek to practice independently of physicians and to expand their scope of practice to meet their level of training" 2/5